Harrow attachment.



J. W. JONES & G. H. TUCKER. HARROW ATTACHMENT. APPLIOATION FILED DBO.16, 1911.

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HARROW ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 19 14.

Application filed December 16, 1911. 7 Serial No. 666,092.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES W. Jonas and GEORGE H. TUCKER, citizens of the United States, residing at Winters, in the county of Runnels and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improve: ments in Harrow Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

angle of divergence, thus making it possible to regulate the area of ground acted upon by the harrow.

A further object consists in the provision of a means for elevating the rear portion of the harrow, thus regulating the depth to which the teeth penetrate the ground.

A still further object of the invention lies in the provision of a convenientmeans by which the teeth of the barrow may be clamped in the frame formed by said divergent members.

Finally the object of the invention is to provide a harrow of strong and simple con struction, the parts of which may be quickly assembled or taken apart, and which will not be likely to loosen in use or to be readily damaged.

vVith these and various other objects in view, our invention has relationto certain novel features of the construction and operation, an example of which is described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the harrow attachment, in which are embodied the novel features constituting the present invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the same in side elevation. Figs. 3 and t are perspective detail views respectively showing two clamping members which serve to secure the harrow teeth to a suitable frame. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a standard adapted to have its upper end clamped rigidly to the cultivator beam and its lower end pivotally receive the harrow attachment.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate similar parts in all the figures, the letter A denotes a cultivator beam, of any common and well-known type, to which beam is rigidly clamped an upright or vertical standard B The clamping means employed may be any of those now in common use to furnish means for rigidly supporting a plow standard from a cultivatorbeam, such as the wellknown type shown in the drawing. The lower end of the rod B carries a pair of spaced brackets D in which brackets is journaled a short transverse spindle, E having its extremities projecting slightly beyond said brackets and horizontally flat-- tened. The flattened extremities of the spindle E furnish pivotal supports for a pair of rearwardly extending divergent beams F each of which beams serves to support a plurality of, equidistant vertical harrow teeth G These harrow teeth will preferably be pointed at one extremity, the

other extremity being slightly curved formyvhat is commonly known as a duck- Each harrow tooth is adapted to be secured to its correlated beam F by a pair of clamping members H and J the former being. bent to form a right angle. ()ne portion of this angular member, which is adapted to project beneath the correlated beam, is provided with an aperture K through which the tooth G may be passed. The other portion of the angular member H will occupy a vertical position contiguous with the outer surface of the beam, and is provided with a small aperture L atits upper extremity adapted to receive a threaded stud M which projects from one extremity of the member J. The other extremity of the member J is provided with a circular aperture 1) adapted to receive the harrow tooth. When the two members H. and J occupy their proper positions relative to each other and to the beam F, the apertures P and K will be in vertical alinement, and the stud M will project through the aperture L, a nut being made to clamp the harrow tooth securely in place at any desired elevation, with either of its two extremities uppermost.

A description will now be given of the means employed to secure adjustment of the angle formed between the two converging beams F. A bar N containing a plurality of small equidistant apertures O is transversely extended beneath the center portions of the two beams F. The end portions of the bar N are received in slots formed between the undersides of the beams F and members R rigidly secured to said beams by bolts S. The members R serve to prevent any vertical motion of the bar N relative to the beam, and also to prevent any motion of said bar in a direction longitudinal with said beams.

In order to prevent a transverse motion between the bar and the beams after the lat ter have been adjusted at the proper angle, a U shaped bolt T is made to establish an engagement between each beam and the bar, said bolt being mounted in an inverted position with its extremities extended clownward through two of the apertures 0. It is apparent that the harrow beams are held in a fixed relation to each other when the bolts T are thus made to establish a connection between said beams and the bar N. The angle of divergence between the two beams may be readily adjusted by removing the bolts T and replacing them each in a different pair of holes 0, after the beams have been shifted to the proper angle.

The means provided for producing a slight vertical adjustment of the rear portion of the harrow comprises a bar U, having one of its extremities pivotally connected to the centers of the bar N. by means of a U bolt V., said bar being extended forwarclly at an upward inclination, and having its upper extremity entering a slot WV, provided for that purpose in the upper end of the standard 13. Said extremity of the bar U is curved slightly downward, and is provided with a number of apertures Y to receive the cotter pin Z by which pivotal connection is established between the mem bers U and B. Obviously, the rear end of the harrow may be adjusted through slight variations of height according to which of the apertures Y is made to receive the pin Z.

From the foregoing disclosure in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, it will be readily apparent that a harrow of the character described is adapted to fulfil all the necessary requirements of such a device.

The invention is presented as including all such changes and modifications as are included within the scope of the following claim.

What we claim is In a device of the character described, the combination with a vertical standard, of a pair of spaced brackets carried by the lower ex remity of said standard, a spindle journaled in said bracket, a pair of divergent horizontal beams having their adjacent extremities pivoted upon the extremities of said spindle, the pivotal connection being such as to permit a swinging displacement of the beams to or from each other, means establishing a rigid relation between the middle portions of the bars, a plurality of harrow teeth supported by each of said beams, and means for holding the beams in various positions of angular displacement about their pivoted forward extremities.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES W. JONES. GEORGE H. TUCKER. lVitnesses C. WV. YoAoHUM, CHAS. Mnnns.

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